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DAY ONE - TUESDAY 24th   MAY, 2016

 

World Low Cost Airlines Congress, Tuesday 24 May 2016

08:00

Breakfast & Registration

Mr Marc Rosenberg
09:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Mr Marc Rosenberg, President, STRATACONNEX
Hilton Sturisky
09:10

Keynote Address: Transforming your airline’s infrastructure to adapt to the growth and demands of customers and the ULCC market

  • Infrastructure – leveraging private and public cloud capabilities to better address business opportunities
  • Security – investing in creative solutions to protect your customers’ data and privacy
  • Website –  rebuilding a customer-facing website and laying the groundwork for mobility with responsive design
  • Team  – capitalizing on the transformation of IT to foster team collaboration and growth
  • Data – intersecting data with intellectual capital to make better decisions
Hilton Sturisky, Chief Information Officer, Spirit Airlines
Mr Alberto Rey Villaverde
09:35

Keynote Address: How to apply data science to revenue management to maximize sales through supply, demand and competitor pricing

  • Identifying prescriptive, predictive, diagnostic, and descriptive analytic capabilities
  • Artificial intelligence to predict demand for inflight food and beverage
  • Using drones to survey aircraft and collect data points to improve operational efficiencies
  • Segmenting the market and daily price adjustments through historic and real-time data
  • Machine learning algorithms to counter competitor pricing and automate processes
  • The evolving perception of data sharing and automation
 
Mr Alberto Rey Villaverde, Head of Data Science, easyJet
10:00

Speed Networking & Morning Break

World Low Cost Airlines Congress
11:20

Roundtable: How to generate ancillary revenue through frequent flyer programs

  • How the implementation of frequent flyer program impacts on your statistics?
  • How do your company approach the partnership with other airlines and non-air companies?
  • What is the cost/benefit of frequent flyer revenues among the whole ancillary spectrum?
 
Mr Daniel Maggi, KIU Loyalty - Product Manager, KIU System Solutions
Eric Nordling
World Low Cost Airlines Congress
12:00

Revenue Management: Perception vs. Reality

Interviewer: Eric Nordling, Chief Operating Officer, Revenue Management Systems
Panel discussion
World Low Cost Airlines Congress
12:10

Panel: Using data to offer passengers the most probable ancillary opportunities

  • Where do predictive analytics come into play?
  • Ensuring ancillary growth
  • Onboard vs. off-board sales
 
Moderator: Mr Michael Rodyniuk, President and Chief Executive Officer, Wasaya Airways
Michal Wegsman, Revenue Manager - UP, El Al Airlines
Nate Vallier, Director - Revenue, Mokulele Airlines
12:40

Networking Lunch

Mr Marc Rosenberg
World Low Cost Airlines Congress
14:00

Presentation: Are full service carriers differentiating themselves enough from LCCs and Hybrids?

  • American carriers stealing Canadian marketshare
  • Implications for a Canadian LCC
  • Fuel costs; does anyone win?
  • Who’s capturing more revenue per passenger?
 
Mr Marc Rosenberg, President, STRATACONNEX
Mr Michael Rodyniuk, President and Chief Executive Officer, Wasaya Airways
Mr Bert van der Stege, VP Commercial, First Air
Pascal Bélanger, Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, Winnipeg Airports Authority
Timothy O'Neil-Dunne
World Low Cost Airlines Congress
14:20

Presentation: Why today's PSSs fail airlines

Timothy O'Neil-Dunne, Founding Team Member, Expedia, Managing Partner, T2Impact Ltd, Co-Founder, VaultPAD Ventures, on behalf of, Hitit Computer Services
14:40

Joint Interactive Roundtables, 14:40 - 15:20

World Low Cost Airlines Congress
14:40

Roundtable 3: Fare strategy - How to revolutionize your booking engine

  • What are the current fare strategies applied with airlines around the world and how effective are they?
  • How will technology influence how customers search and book airline fare products in the future
  • What are the key technological inhibitors when implementing your fare strategy
 
Dzulkiflee Taib, C.E.O, Matchbyte
World Low Cost Airlines Congress

Roundtable 7 - PSS: reliability and efficiency

  • How do you know your PSS will last in a world of rapid technological advancements?
  • Replacing vital legacy technology components with new systems, while ensuring that valuable data files are protected
  • How to become more customer-centric
 
Mr Christopher Jessen, Chief Information Officer, OneJet
15:20

Afternoon Networking Break

Wynn Baum
16:00

Presentation: How digital is driving a fundamental shift in customer experience and airline operations

  • Redefining the customer experience
  • Driving increased operational efficiency
  • Increasing employee engagement and partner synergies
 
Wynn Baum, Head of Sales, Aerospace & Defense / Airlines, HCL Technologies
Mr Bobby Healy
16:20

Presentation: The science behind ancillary personalisation

Mr Bobby Healy, Chief Technology Officer, CarTrawler Ltd
Panel discussion
16:40

Keynote Panel: Tracking the traveler on the ground to boost retail sales and passenger experience

  • NFC, RFID and beacon technology – where are my passengers and what do I do with this information?
  • Data mining –  tactical marketing campaigns
  • Big data – shifting the way it is managed
 
Moderator: Jason Wilson, Director of Real Estate Management and Commercial Development, Miami International Airport
Mr Martin Boyer, Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Charles de Coquet, Practice Head, Travel and Transport, NIIT Technologies
Mr Jacob Guerra, Senior Manager, eCommerce, United Airlines
Mr Marc Rosenberg
17:20

Chairman's Closing Remarks

Mr Marc Rosenberg, President, STRATACONNEX
last published: 20/May/16 21:15

 

 

 


 

DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY 25TH MAY , 2016

 

World Low Cost Airlines Congress, Wednesday 25 May 2016

08:00

Breakfast & Registration

Mr Marc Rosenberg
09:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Mr Marc Rosenberg, President, STRATACONNEX
Mr Paulo Miranda
09:10

Keynote Address: How to offer passengers the latest in-flight and connectivity technologies while maintaining the LCC model

  • Enabling passengers to stay connected, informed and entertained
  • How to distribute and subsidize costs
  • BYOD vs. seatback entertainment systems
 
Mr Paulo Miranda, Chief Experience Officer, GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA
Mr Seth Cassel
09:35

Keynote Address: The direct channel, passenger acquisition, and owning your customer

  • New customer acquisition and incremental revenue growth
  • Improving customer experience and conversion online through new technologies
  • Executing highly technical strategies without highly technical people
 
Mr Seth Cassel, President, EveryMundo
10:00

Morning Networking Break

World Low Cost Airlines Congress
10:40

Roundtable: LCC planning, scheduling, and financing

  • Expanding internationally and new market entry challenges
  • Pricing and incentive programs: landing and terminal rental fees, marketing funds and other financial impact
  • How should airports and LCCs work together to improve turnaround times of aircraft and increase passenger flow?
 
Mr Tom Bacon, Independent consultant, Airline Revenue Optimization
World Low Cost Airlines Congress
11:20

Roundtable: Legacy airlines vs. LCCs

  • Fare compression
  • Will lower fuel prices increase LCC long hual routes
  • Future M&As
  • Are LCCs stealing legacy customers? Or vice-versa?
  • How expanding margins impact competition
 
Mr Seth Kaplan, Managing Partner, Airline Weekly
12:00

Networking Lunch

Panel discussion
13:20

Panel: Airlines in transition facing the challenges of termination, migration, and changes in business models

Moderator: Timothy O'Neil-Dunne, Founding Team Member, Expedia, Managing Partner, T2Impact Ltd, Co-Founder, VaultPAD Ventures, on behalf of, Hitit Computer Services
Peter Hammer, Founder & CEO, The Hammer Group
Mr Sami Aras Kubilay, Business Development, Hitit Computer Services
Mr Seth Kaplan, Managing Partner, Airline Weekly
Mr Orhan Sivrikaya, VP, Onur Air
Laurie Gablehouse
13:50

Presentation: Deconstructing the payment experience (Omni What?)

What good is a great product if you can’t collect their money?
Laurie Gablehouse, Principal Consultant / Travel Payment Strategies, Ingenico ePayments
World Low Cost Airlines Congress
14:00

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14:10

Roundtable: Business strategy for partnerships between ULCCs, LCCs and hybrid airlines

  • Partnering airlines incurring baggage handling costs and passenger liability
  • Partnering airlines buying tickets at retail value
  • Taking a new fare product to market
 
Brett Catlin, Aviation Industry Advisor and Engagement Manager, LEK Consulting
round tables
World Low Cost Airlines Congress
14:50

Roundtable: Creating a new airline in the Americas

  • Sourcing new capital and investments
  • Sourcing human capital
  • How to importing culture from an existing airline
  • Implementing the right GDS strategy and interline agreements
 
Mr Paulo Miranda, Chief Experience Officer, GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA
Mr Nicholas Pawlisz, Program Manager of Distribution Strategy, United
Jim Tolzien, CFO, Eastern Airlines
Edward Wegel, CEO, Eastern Airlines
last published: 20/May/16 21:16

 

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